%0 journal article %@ 0921-5093 %A Kolb, M.,Wheeler, J.M.,Mathur, H.N.,Neumeier, S.,Korte-Kerzel, S.,Pyczak, F.,Michler, J.,Goeken, M. %D 2016 %J Materials Science and Engineering A %N %P 135-140 %R doi:10.1016/j.msea.2016.04.026 %T Local mechanical properties of the (Beta0+Omega0) composite in multiphase titanium aluminides studied with nanoindentation at room and high temperatures %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.04.026 %X High temperature nanoindentation was conducted on a Ti‐44.5Al-6.25Nb-0.8Mo-0.1B (in at.%) alloy from room temperature up to 600 °C to determine the temperature dependence of the local mechanical properties of the individual phases in a multiphase titanium aluminide alloy. The hardness of the (β0+ω0) composite is the highest among all phases and remains constant with increasing temperature, thus the (β0+ω0) composite does not decrease the strength of the alloy even at near service temperatures. A Burgers vector analysis in TEM of the deformed volume under the residual imprints after indentation at room temperature and 600 °C showed that the plastic deformation occurs mainly by <111>-type dislocations in the β0 phase. The high hardness of the (β0+ω0) composite can be attributed to a hardening effect of ω0 precipitates.